02/04: doc: Add console-font-service-type to Base Services.

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commit 8825f9955a49c3d5f31411705d7eea8fc0c271bd
Author: John Soo <address@hidden>
AuthorDate: Wed Mar 18 08:33:59 2020 -0700

    doc: Add console-font-service-type to Base Services.
    
    * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Add console-font-service-type.
    
    Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
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 doc/guix.texi | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 6346cf7..6a1d34f 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -12286,6 +12286,23 @@ symlink:
 Return a service that sets the host name to @var{name}.
 @end deffn
 
+@defvr {Scheme Variable} console-font-service-type
+Install the given fonts on the specified ttys (fonts are per
+virtual console on the kernel Linux).  The value of this service is a list of
+tty/font pairs.  The font can be the name of a font provided by the @code{kbd}
+package or any valid argument to @command{setfont}, as in this example:
+
+@lisp
+`(("tty1" . "LatGrkCyr-8x16")
+  ("tty2" . ,(file-append
+                font-tamzen
+                "/share/kbd/consolefonts/TamzenForPowerline10x20.psf"))
+  ("tty3" . ,(file-append
+                font-terminus
+                "/share/consolefonts/ter-132n"))) ; for HDPI
+@end lisp
+@end defvr
+
 @deffn {Scheme Procedure} login-service @var{config}
 Return a service to run login according to @var{config}, a
 @code{<login-configuration>} object, which specifies the message of the day,